The Rear Gunner (1943)

Release Date: 1943-04-10
Runtime: 0h 26min
Production Company: U.S. Army Air Forces
Production Country: United States of America
Director: Ray Enright

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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